Which is it? Are the Koch brothers the largest land owner in Canada’s oil sands or not? The two reporters who worked on the same article don’t seem to agree. In fact, the original article was such a mess, the Washington Post today ran a follow-up piece headlined, “Why we wrote about the Koch Industries and its leases in Canada’s oil sands.”
Credit for that critical second look goes to John Hinderaker of Powerline, who thoroughly debunked the Post’s original piece, concluding that the Post “relied uncritically on a goofball far-left report” provided by the anti-Keystone XL pipeline activist group the International Forum on Globalization. Why rely so heavily on numbers provided by the IFG? Because the Koch brothers, that’s why.
@lachlan But…but…KOCH BROTHERS!?!?
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) March 21, 2014
The Post’s conclusion from all of this mess?
The Powerline article itself, and its tone, is strong evidence that issues surrounding the Koch brothers’ political and business interests will stir and inflame public debate in this election year. That’s why we wrote the piece.
In other words:
The Washington Post misspells, “we fucked up”: http://t.co/GpERPWa93b
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) March 21, 2014
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